Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 10, 2004
"We are now raised up with Christ, and therefore since He is far above all things, we are to allow our minds and hearts to be transformed so that we no longer seek and pursue the things that are passing away. We are to be focusing on and seeking
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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Anger is a divinely implanted emotion. Closely allied to our instinct for right, it is designed to be used for constructive spiritual purposes. The person who cannot feel anger at evil is a person who lacks enthusiasm for good. If you cannot hate
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
That great truth inspired Count Zinzendorf to write the following lines in the glorious hymn “Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness,” translated by John Wesley:
Bold I shall stand in that great day,
For who ought to my charge shall
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 24, 2005
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In his book Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis helps us gain balance when he says, “If anyone thinks that Christians regard unchastity (sexual sin) as the supreme vice, he is quite wrong. The sins of the flesh are bad, but they are the least bad of all sins. All the worst pleasures are purely
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Harry Emerson Fosdick once suggested that there are three kinds of people in the world. First are the proud and self-satisfied, the impenitent (feeling no sorrow or regret) who do not even realize the mess they are in. Second, there are the penitint who are so crushed by their contrite
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 1, 2006
“God-honoring spiritual sacrifice begins when believers offer God all their human faculties, including their minds and every part of their bodies. The unregenerate yield the members of their bodies to sin, but the redeemed yield their members as instruments of righteousness
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
“If we don’t feel strong desires for… God, it is not because we have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because we have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Our soul is stuffed with small things and there is no room for the great.” (John Piper,
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Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 16, 2009
WHERE IS THE BLOOD?
Thomas Wilcox put it this way in Honey Out of the Rock: "Look over your soul daily, and ask: Where is the blood of Christ to be seen upon my soul? What righteousness is it that I stand upon to be saved? ... if you have not the blood of Christ at
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Contributed by Hugh Laing on Jan 19, 2010
The attitude of the average Christian today is … “JUST RELAX AND ONE DAY BE RAPTURED.”
But He is coming with flaming vengeance on this world...with flaming vengeance!!!
And to you who think... “Some time ago I bought my ticket to Jordan” be warned...true Christians
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 12, 2011
WE EARN IT!
But Americans regard approval, success, and status as rewards for performing well. When this value system gets translated into the Christian life, salvation becomes a matter of our efforts.
A cartoon picturing modern day Pharisees was captioned, "We
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 2, 2023
In Paul's day, every city in Greece built a public place called the Bema, or “judgment seat”. It was from this raised platform, usually in the center of town, that official announcements were made, judgments rendered and commendations handed out. All public proclamations came from this Bema
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 1, 2006
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“One of the basic characteristics of infancy is a lack of self-control. Not only do babies need diapers, they must be carried because they lack the necessary control and muscle coordination to sit up much less walk or run. If babies are healthy and normal, in time they will develop more and more
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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Love is the key. Joy is love singing; peace is love resting; long-suffering is love enduring; kindness is love's touch; goodness is love's character; faithfulness is love's habit; gentleness is
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 28, 2010
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According to "Character Counts!" to be responsible is to
* Do what you are supposed to do
* Persevere: keep on trying!
* Always do your best
* Use self-control
* Be self-disciplined
* Think before
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Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jan 15, 2007
1 Pet 2:23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we
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